ASHLAND - A black and white kitten thrown from a car somewhere along Route 9 Monday morning is recuperating at The Family Pet Hospital.

"A good Samaritan witnessed the awful act and rushed the poor kitten here for emergency treatment,'' The Family Pet Hospital posted on its Facebook page. "All that we know about the vehicle from which he was hurled is that it was a black BMW with California plates.''

"We don't know too much about (the cat) yet,'' Family Pet tech assistant Faith Kenney said Monday afternoon, but the male long-haired kitten does not appear to have any life-threatening injuries.

He did have "a bloody nose, probably from hitting the pavement,'' Kenney said, and "road rash on his face and paws.''

The cat, estimated to be between 2 and 3 months old, arrived at the animal hospital at about 10 a.m.

"We bundled him up with some warming bags and shortly thereafter we offered him some baby food, which he gobbled right up,'' Kenney said. A few hours later, "he was looking much more lively.''

The unidentified man who brought the kitten to the vet's office expressed possible interest in adopting him, she said.

Kenney said she didn't know where on Rte. 9 the cat was reported being thrown from the car.

A Framingham police spokesman said no report of the incident had been filed with his department, as of late Monday afternoon. Natick and Southborough police said they had not been made aware of such an incident in their towns; and Ashland police also had not received information on where it might have occurred.

Julia Spitz can be reached at 508-626-3968 or jspitz@wickedlocal.com. Follow her on Twitter at SpitzJ_MW.